Westfield to spend $2.9 million on roads, parking pay stations, other capital improvements

WESTFIELD — Town Council here approved borrowing a little more than $2.9 million through a bond sale to pay for a number of capital improvements in the municipality.

“Road paving and repairs is the biggest part of that,” said Councilman David Haas, who voted to approve the ordinance.

About $2 million will be spent on town roads, he said.

The ordinance the Town Council passed on July 9 approving the bond sale also includes allocating money for “the acquisition of new additional or replacement equipment and machinery, new communication and signal systems equipment and new information technology equipment.”

A portion of the funds will go towards buying new parking pay stations.

Many of the existing pay stations are about 10 years old and are due for replacement, said Councilman Keith Loughlin, who also voted to approve the ordinance.

Although no one, including himself, likes to pay for parking, he said, the pay stations cost less to run and maintain than the parking meters they replaced.